Guile and XML : what's the status?

[Serguei Panskikh <spanskikh at sectorbase dot com>]

Hi,

At http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/ideas.html I did not find anything
about XML.
I found XML (sometimes XSL) as the best format for configuration files
and for data transfer as well.

Do you keep any plans about XML parser? What about XSLT implemented on
Guile?

At the same URL I found some notices about great possible integration
between SQL and logic languages.
Well, for it was in 1992 when I tried to use Prolog with Oracle v6.
After 8 years I found that similar ideas are still active.

The logic of Scheme (or Lisp) and  the structure of SQL would emphasize
the power of relational model.
I believe that logic of Scheme (Lisp) and structure of XML may give
seamless power as well.
Look at existing (I believe still the best) XSLT processor: XALAN. It's
been implemented in Java. And it's inherited all pluses and minuses of
Java. Is Java the best choice for XSLT? My opinion is "NO". Why Java in
this case?
The answer is in another question: what's else?

Few years ago there was no single Lisp dialect available for the world
community.
Now the situation is different: we have Guile. I try avoid discussion
about is it the best dialect or not.
Guile is known by a big part of all Linux world. That mean Guile has a
chance to find developers for almost every project.
Especially for the project where functional language is the best choice
for XSLT - recently one of the most important development directions.

So, more practically:
Has anybody already start any kind of XSLT/Guile project?
Is there any experience in usage Guile for XML parsing?
Are there any plans about XML and Guile?

Thank you,
Serguei Panskikh
    www.sectorbase.com
    www.megnosis.com

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• To: Serguei Panskikh <spanskikh at sectorbase dot com>
• Subject: Re: Guile and XML : what's the status?
• From: Free Software Foundation <gnu at gnu dot org>
• Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 01:22:38 -0400
• References: <39A9B03A.2F7EB0BF@sectorbase.com>

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